For #developers and #browsers implementers, @webi18n's language enablement framework is a set of tools and procedures to make sure that text layout and typographic needs of world scripts and languages are built into @w3c technologies (#HTML5, #CSS, etc.): w3c.github.io/typography/
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For #users and content #authors, the @webi18n Language Matrix tracks 79 languages and displays their support on the Web in the form of a 'heat map': w3c.github.io/typography/gap…
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The language matrix cells (colored in dark green, light green, orange and red) link to gap-analysis sections that each describe the problem, the current level of support in specifications and browsers, and the severity of the problem for the user.
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To explore gaps in language support on the Web, @webi18n is continuously looking for expert contributors to collaborate and help move this work forward by documenting gaps, and creating tests. All the work and technical discussions are happening in #github w3.org/International/layout
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.@webi18n has recently published 21 documents that explore gaps in language support:
W3C Internationalization (i18n) Activity @webi18n
17 Jun 2020
Just published: 21 First Public Working Drafts exploring gaps in language support on the Web. For details and links see w3.org/blog/International/20…. Languages include: arb, fa, zh-hans, zh-hant, am, nl, ka, el, hu, bn, hi, pa, gu, ta, ja, iu, cr, chr, lo, km, jv, th, mn, bo
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See also this video where @r12a presents how W3C Internationalization makes a reality of the Web being World Wide, and introduces the Internationalization Initiative which is reinforcing that program: youtube.com/mx2eDHujM4c
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